Repentance begins with a decision to turn around. Repentance is deliberately turning away from sin and coming to God for redirection. Repentance gives us a new purpose and determination. Repentance is the first step in retraining our lives to be godly. Repentance...

A repentant life keeps us in touch with him. When I meet with the Lord and he coaxes me to continue growing in him, very often the feelings develop in me that the Bible talks about in the following verses: Psalm 51:17 The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit. You...

As I grow in Christ, I am so grateful that the Lord caused a revolution in my viewpoint. I love my life. Gayle and I serve a wonderful church filled with sincere believers; I have a wonderful family that is loving, respectful, and responsible; and Gayle and I are in...

We are what we love. If that’s true, the church is off track. We’ve stopped highlighting repentance, humility, holiness, self-sacrifice, and eternal judgment and have replaced these core values with wealth, influence, leadership training, fun, marketing, and lust. The...

Religious tradition is sometimes more potent than Scripture itself. For that reason, we, as seekers of the truth, are compelled to question any tradition that is not based on Scripture. Around 250 AD, the Roman Emperor demanded that Christians sacrifice to him as a...